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‘The Great Invisible’ Wins Full Frame’s Best Environmental Film
Environmental winner documents the impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the ecosystem — the human ecosystem. Full Frame Festival: A Springtime Cornucopia of Documentaries With the first weekend...
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Arctic Sea Ice Update: The Melt Is on, How Low Will It Go?
Arctic sea ice began its annual meltdown March 21. Each September in recent years, Arctic sea ice becomes news. Why September? It’s the month when the summertime ice melt maxes out and the extent of...
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Following the Money: Energy Dollars Hard at Work on Capitol Hill
Is the alternative energy industry losing the influence-peddling war to fossil fuels? Perhaps you caught the editorial in Sunday’s New York Times taking “the Koch Brothers and their conservative...
View ArticleThe Senate Takes on America’s Energy Future: On Pipelines, Posturing and...
Updated May 8, 2014. “Fair is foul and foul is fair,” it is said. Which is which in a proposed Senatorial horse-trade — a Keystone Xl pipeline in return for energy efficiency. The Keystone Pipeline...
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Energy Inefficiency: Congress Spins Wheels Until Bill Dies
As we (and many others) predicted last week, the latest effort at crafting cogent energy policy was much ado about nothing. The bill [pdf], which was introduced by Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman...
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States of Denial: We Don’t Need No Fracking Info
Oil and gas interests trump truth for many state legislators. The first of a two-part series. First a quick note to our readers: TheGreenGrok tries to remain nonpartisan in its coverage of all things...
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Friday Factoid: Oil Estimate Slip-Sliding Away
The Monterey Shale oil prospect takes a big hit, but daily extraction rates jump. Word on the street is that the U.S. Energy Information Administration has reduced how much oil is expected to be...
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Obama’s New Carbon Emissions Rule: Drumroll Please…
An historic event or an historic trend? No real surprises here. Through a series of leaks and pre-announcements, we all knew before this morning that President Obama would be proposing a new rule [pdf]...
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EPA’s Carbon Rule: State Goals
How much does each state need to reduce its carbon load to comply with the federal government’s landmark carbon rule? Since yesterday’s unveiling of the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon rule...
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Obama’s New Carbon Rules: What Price Regulation?
Can good economic times roll while carbon emissions decline? Maybe so. It’s just a three-year span, but from 2010 to 2012, U.S. CO2 emissions declined while both gross domestic product and the number...
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